Urban Bridge Builders is seeking individuals, committed to our mission, willing to serve on any of several committees key to developing both our organizational infrastructure and current and future programs.
If you are interested in volunteering with UBB, please use the volunteer link (on the left navigation) to (1) create a user name and password and (2) fill out a brief survey telling us more about yourself and how you would like to work with us.
You can join us in one of the following ways:
Develop the organizational structure of UBB’s Board and Board committees, and define Board-member roles
Immediate position needs: Treasurer, Secretary, Fundraising/Development Chair, Marketing Chair, and School Development Chair
Tasks: Create a board policy manual delineating member responsibilities and expectations
Develop an organizational marketing plan and share the vision about Urban Bridge Builders
Tasks: maintain UBB website; design UBB tagline, brochures, etc.
Build relationships with local stakeholders and work with them to identify, assess and understand community assets and needs
Tasks: Assist in UBB’s community resource assessment study through data entry and coding survey responses; perform data analysis; write/edit research report; generate survey questionnaires
Develop an organizational business plan and fundraising strategy
Tasks: Research and identify potential donors; plan and execute fundraising events; write and submit grant proposals
Build relationships with local stakeholders and work with them to identify, assess and understand community assets and needs
Tasks: Data entry and coding survey responses; data analysis and writing/editing research report; generate survey questionnaires
Specific Program Opportunities: Community Resource Assessment Study
Design the UBB organizational framework and infrastructure, and establish a volunteer management system
Tasks: Assist in creating a business/strategy plan, develop a logic model/theory of change for UBB; develop a policy for UBB organizational evaluation and expansion; create a volunteer management policy; implement a volunteer recruitment strategy, design a volunteer orientation and training curriculum; assist in knowledge management
Help find the location of and create the vision for the UBB school
Tasks: Assist in developing the budget, school manual, and curriculum for Pre-K through 8th grade; help select and hire the Head of the School; identify founding families; scout for potential school facilities
Specific Program Opportunities: Expectant Parent Program
Currently, we need volunteers for our New/Expectant Parents Program launching in Summer 2010. You can help this program succeed by volunteering your time and/or resources. We aim to create a mixed tribe of mentors and volunteers, who will make at least a six-month commitment.
Specifically, we are looking for parent mentors (1) at various life stages and (2) who have children in varying age groups (including toddlers, pre-teens, teens, and/or college plus). Additionally, we are seeking parents who have children with learning or developmental challenges, as well as parents who may have experienced the loss of a child due to death and/or abortion.
We also need volunteers with diverse skill sets, including, but not limited to medical, legal, grant-writing, administration, and event planning. Our mentors will work directly with parent participants, while volunteers will help to support the program’s administrative and professional needs.
Specifically, we are looking for:
